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Anton Yelchin an Actor in Star Trek was killed at the age of 27



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The young actor Anton Yelchin who appeared in Terminator Salvation as well as the Star Trek film passed away early Sunday morning in a fatal traffic collision at the early age of 27.  Representative for him have confirmed this.

The Medical Examiner’s office within Los Angeles also confirmed that Anton’s body was established to be pinned between a gate and a car in front of a home that was located in Studio City, California.

There has been no cause of death that has been declared at this time while the county’s coroner’s office completes their autopsy.  Although, early results of the cause of death was that he suffered from chest and head injuries.

The County’s Medical Examiner’s office also stated that it is believed that the vehicle was not parked properly before Anton walked to the back of his vehicle, as his own vehicle started to roll and pinned him against the gate. Anton Yelchin was pronounced dead Sunday morning at 1:10am.

Anton was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, him and his family moved from Russia to the United States in the year of 1989.  Irina and Victor Yelchin, Anton’s parents were very celebrated Russian ice skaters.

During an interview that took place in the year of 2007, Anton spoke about returning to Russia for the first time: He stated that he was born in Russia and left at the age of 6 months old and has not been back, So he believed that it would be a crazy adventure for him.

While in the United States Anton enrolled in the University of Southern California in the year of 2007 in order to study film.  This young actor was also interested in photography as well as music.

 

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